Wetaya Surname
Approximately 354 people bear this surname
Wetaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 237 | 1:164,723 | 14,155 |
| Kenya | 108 | 1:427,592 | 23,179 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Wetaya Demographics
Wetaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wetaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wetaya occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 794,916th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 20,586,288 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wetaya are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 64 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 237 people, or 1 in 164,723. In Uganda Wetaya is primarily concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 25 percent are found, Mbale District, where 25 percent are found and Bududa District, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 31 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
Wetaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wetaya surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wetaya
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